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February 2001 Stories

• 2/28/2001: Radio Story - A bill that would include sexual orientation in the state's human rights laws have little chance of passing out of the committee this year.
• 2/28/2001: Newspaper Story - The campaign for gay rights came before a committee of Missouri's legislature.
• 2/28/2001: Radio Story - One St. Louis Representative says marraige and property laws contain language that is offensive to women.
• 2/27/2001: Newspaper Story - Missouri public school students could be finished with school earlier this year under a bill introduced by Rep. Charles Shields.
• 2/27/2001: Newspaper Story - A bill in the house would give state police mandatory jurisdiction over crime scenes in which seizure occurs. This will help allocate more forfeiture funds into education.
• 2/27/2001: Newspaper Story - The state attorney general reports that the recent high increases in natural gas rates were not a result of criminal activity.
• 2/26/2001: Radio Story - Protestors gathered at the Missouri capitol to protest the execution of Antonio Richardson.
• 2/26/2001: Radio Story - A proposal in the Missouri Senate would help make the training of corrections officers more consistent.
• 2/26/2001: Radio Story - Mexican truckers have less restrictions to obtain a license.
• 2/23/2001: News summary for the week of February 19, 2001
• 2/22/2001: Newspaper Story - Gov. Bob Holden's endorsement for House approval of tobacco fund money to ease budget shortfall was rejected by a 69-87 roll call vote.
• 2/22/2001: Newspaper Story - Sen. Peter Kinder, R-Cape Girardeau, fulfilled a promise to make urban education a prioirity by calling attention to the "crisis" in the Kansas City and St. Louis school districts.
• 2/22/2001: Newspaper Story - Political debate took a strange turn in Missouri's statehouse Thursday. Democrats blamed Republicans for Democrats not supporting the Democratic governor.
• 2/22/2001: Newspaper Story - Under the bill, sponsored by Sen. Larry Rohrbach, the state will perform DNA tests in cases where prisoners can prove it may make a difference in their finding of guilt
• 2/21/2001: Radio Story - A House bill would make all incoming governors give a detailed account of all contributions to gubernatorial inaugurations
• 2/21/2001: Newspaper Story - Sen. Betty Sims has proposed regulating commercial hay rides in St. Louis County. She had previously proposed statewide regulations.
• 2/21/2001: Radio Story - Missouri's Senate gave first-round approval to .08 Wednesday.
• 2/21/2001: Radio Story - A leading pharmaceutical company is attacking a prescription drug plan that was introduced by the House Republicans last week. This company said the plan is violating the current Medicaid law, whereas the Republicans said they are just trying to give more seniors prescription drug coverage.
• 2/21/2001: Radio Story - Gov. Holden says funding for a new stadium hasn't been decided yet.
• 2/20/2001: Newspaper Story - Hundreds converged on Missouri's statehouse to urge lawmakers to boost funding for transportation.
• 2/20/2001: Radio Story - Consistent rates and better quality are the driving forces behind a bill aimed at establishing a taxicab commission for the St. Louis area. Senator David Klarich of Clayton offered the legislation as a way to keep safety and service standards high among city and county taxi companies.
• 2/20/2001: Newspaper Story - An amendment that would lower the passage of school bond issues to a simple majority vote gained first round approval in the House today.
• 2/20/2001: Radio Story - A Senate bill would give students foreign language credit for studying American Sign Language.
• 2/19/2001: Newspaper Story - Veterans who left high school to enlist in World War I, World War II or the Korean conflict would be granted a honorary high school diploma under a proposal under consideration in the House.
• 2/19/2001: Radio Story - Lawmakers want to ensure better inspection and care of all animal care facilities in the state.
• 2/19/2001: Radio Story - Missouri Republicans are sponsoring a bill to make human cloning illegal, in Missouri.
• 2/19/2001: Radio Story - Senator Wayne Goode is co-sponsoring a bill to set up a commission to restore Capitol with original designs.
• 2/16/2001: News summary for the week of February 12, 2001
• 2/15/2001: Newspaper Story - The House Education Appropriations committee handed the University of Missouri System a $458.5 million budget, a 3.7 percent increase over last year and $550,000 more than Missouri Gov. Bob Holden included in his proposed budget.
• 2/15/2001: Newspaper Story - Jonathan Kozol, a noted author and expert of social inequalities, addresses students and faculty at MU.
• 2/15/2001: Newspaper Story - Passion is a word many who know him use to describe the Missouri Senate's new top leader -- and an emerging figure in the state Republican party.
• 2/15/2001: Newspaper Story - An audit of the state's inspection program for dog breeders found the program has left animals at risk for substandard care.
• 2/15/2001: Radio Story - The Cardinals president said he is looking for some help from Jefferson City to allow the team to leave the city, but St. Louis city Senators don't think that's good for the people.
• 2/15/2001: Newspaper Story - A review of the state's inspection program for dog breeders released by State Auditor Claire McCaskill found the program has left animals at risk for substandard care. Lax procedures, little oversight, and possible conflicts of interest contributed to the deficiencies in the program, the audit said.
• 2/15/2001: Newspaper Story - The House passed a bill to lower the drunken driving threshhold from .10 to .08 despite a current of partisan debate.
• 2/14/2001: Radio Story - Ted House wants one-quarter of the tobacco settlement to go to public schools.
• 2/14/2001: Newspaper Story - Anti-smoking groups call for a bigger share of the tobacco settlement funds than recommended by Gov. Bob Holden.
• 2/14/2001: Radio Story - A resolution to pass school bonds with a simple majority as opposed to a four-sevenths majority made it through the House education committee Wednesday.
• 2/14/2001: Radio Story - Missouri senators joked about a bill establishing Bird Appreciation Day.
• 2/ 9/2001: News summary for the week of February 5, 2001
• 2/13/2001: Newspaper Story - Citing his frustration with Republican leaders, state Sen. Jim Mathewson, D-Sedalia, resigned Tuesday from the Senate Transportation Committee.
• 2/13/2001: Radio Story - Democratic Senator Jim Mathewson stepped down from the committee because he says he can't accomplish what he wanted now that Republicans are in control of the Senate.
• 2/13/2001: Newspaper Story - Representatives of Missouri's billboard industry came out in support of a bill that would restrict the contstruction of new signs.
• 2/13/2001: Radio Story - On Tuesday Missouri's House perfected the bill that would lower the legal blood alcohol content to .08.
• 2/13/2001: Newspaper Story - Missouri moved closer to lowering the threshold for drunken driving to .08.
• 2/12/2001: Radio Story - The Chamber of Commerce says Missouri is spending at a faster rate than the federal government
• 2/12/2001: Radio Story - A US district court ordered the EPA to review St. Louis' air quality; St. Louis lawmakers want the EPA to hold off till 2003.
• 2/12/2001: Newspaper Story - Gov. Bob Holden signed an executive order Friday to hold Missouri's portion of money from the national tobacco settlement in a trust fund for health care initiatives.
• 2/ 7/2001: Radio Story - While toll roads aren't in Missouri yet, a proposal was introduced that would allow no more than $500 million in toll roads at any one time.
• 2/ 7/2001: Radio Story - Lawmakers are not sure how much money should be spent on preventative programs in schools.
• 2/ 7/2001: Newspaper Story - Lawmakers reviewed legislation that would increase the maximum fine for violations of the Missouri law that established a public right to review official records and attend public meetings.
• 2/ 7/2001: Radio Story - The state highway commission approved the location and design of Missouri's first highway tunnel.
• 2/ 7/2001: Radio Story - When criminals are released, police officers face the prospect of retaliation. But a new bill may allow officers to breathe easier at home.
• 2/ 7/2001: Radio Story - Safety lobbyists say that the repeal of a law requiring motorcyclists wear helmets would force taxpayers to pay for injuries.
• 2/ 7/2001: Newspaper Story - The proposal would allow victims to file a discrimination suit in state court.
• 2/ 7/2001: Radio Story - Concerned that Internet crime is on the rise, a Democratic lawmaker has proposed adding online crime to the Attorney General's job description.
• 2/ 7/2001: Newspaper Story - House Republican proposes banning the introduction of wild elk into Missouri
• 2/ 6/2001: Newspaper Story - Environmentalists heard the talk; now they hope Holden will walk the walk.
• 2/ 6/2001: Newspaper Story - Missouri's cattle farmers are facing a hay shortage. Farmers from central and southern Missouri give their response to the situation.
• 2/ 6/2001: Radio Story - The president of the Fraternal Order of Police testified in front of the Senate Transportation Committee to try and get a bill protecting police officers' privacy.
• 2/ 6/2001: Newspaper Story - A leading Republican senator has offered an amendment to the .08 blood alcohol content drunk driving bill that was declared by the bill's sponsor as a "killer amendment" to .08's passage of the Senate.
• 2/ 5/2001: Radio Story - Unexpected long distance telephone charges may surprise consumers every month when they get their bill.
• 2/ 5/2001: Newspaper Story - Amnesty International urges Missouri's governor to halt the first execution since Bob Holden became governor.
• 2/ 5/2001: Radio Story - A massive managed care reform bill would allow women to have direct access to obstetricians and gynecologists.
• 2/ 5/2001: Radio Story - House Republicans propose a constitutional amendment for replacing the Highway Commission with a governor-appointed Secretary of Transportation.
• 2/ 5/2001: Radio Story - Public opinion helped decide how TANF should distribute money.
• 2/ 5/2001: Radio Story - Senator Peter Kinder becomes the first Republican Senate President Pro Tem in 52 years.
• 2/ 5/2001: Newspaper Story - House Republicans have proposed removing one of the constitutional protections of the state Transportation Department by putting the department under the control of a secretary named by the governor.
• 2/ 5/2001: Radio Story - One Missouri lawmaker wants to make it legal for Missourians to kill wild pigs on public and private land.
• 2/ 5/2001: Radio Story - Amnesty International urges Missouri's governor to spare the life of the first death-row inmate to face execution since Bob Holden took office.
• 2/ 2/2001: News summary for the week of January 29, 2001
• 2/ 1/2001: Newspaper Story - Columbia's own Vicki Riback-Wilson said she is pushing to make her hometown's a priority in the Capitol Building.
• 2/ 1/2001: Newspaper Story - The Senate Transportation Committee gave its unanimous approval Wednesday that would lower Missouri's blood alcohol legal limit from .1 to .08.
• 2/ 1/2001: Radio Story - The Senate Transportation Committee passed a bill to lower the blood alcohol content level to .08 from .10.